Saturday, September 02, 2006

EU WANTS SOLUTION THROUGH DIALOGUE


...And gives Iran 2 more weeks to finish it's enrichment program...

"...The United States is the driving force behind possible sanctions but Russia has cast doubt on whether the U.N. Security Council could reach a quick consensus and said threatening Iran would lead to a "dead end."

In Finland, ministers declined to speak publicly about what sanctions they might apply if Tehran did not comply.

But Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda said a coalition might have to impose sanctions unilaterally if the United Nations was unable to agree on punitive measures.

"It will be very, very difficult, but ... please, we need to stick together with the United States," he told reporters.

In reaction to the prospect of sanctions, Iran's deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, Alireza Sheikh-Attar said: "Putting Iran under sanctions will damage the big countries which consume oil. We have a plan for different scenarios to combat any possible sanctions."

EU diplomats said the two-week timeline was determined largely by the fact that the bloc's 25 foreign ministers hold their next regular meeting on September 15, and the U.N. General Assembly convenes on September 19.

World leaders and foreign ministers are set to discuss next steps toward Iran at their annual gathering in New York.

The five countries with permanent seats on the Security Council -- China, Britain, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany would meet in Berlin on September 7 to discuss the way forward, the French Foreign Ministry said."

Dead-end. Dialogue.

Hmmm. Okay, so how's about this. We stencil "FUCK YOU, IRAN" on the biggest badboy in the arsenal, then drop it over Tehran. That satisfy anyone about the dialogue end of the deal?

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